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962 results about "Man-hour" patented technology

A man-hour is the amount of work performed by the average worker in one hour. It is used for estimation of the total amount of uninterrupted labour required to perform a task. For example, researching and writing a college paper might require eighty man-hours, while preparing a family banquet from scratch might require ten man-hours.

Organic thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device having the organic thin film transistor

There have been problems in that a dedicated apparatus is needed for a conventional method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor and in that: a little amount of an organic semiconductor film is formed with respect to a usage amount of a material; and most of the used material is discarded. Further, apparatus maintenance such as cleaning of the inside of an apparatus cup or chamber has needed to be frequently carried out in order to remove the contamination resulting from the material that is wastefully discarded. Therefore, a great cost for materials and man-hours for maintenance of apparatus have been required. In the present invention, a uniform organic semiconductor film is formed by forming an aperture between a first substrate for forming the organic semiconductor film and a second substrate used for injection with an insulating film formed at a specific spot and by injecting an organic semiconductor film material into the aperture due to capillarity to the aperture. The insulating film formed at the specific spot enables formation of the organic semiconductor film with high controllability. Further, the insulating film can also serve as a spacer that holds the aperture, that is, an interval (gap) between the substrates.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD

User interface for display of task specific information

A graphical user interface is configured to display information related to diagnosis and / or repair of various objects, such as automobiles. The GUI displays relevant reference information, of any type, next to procedure steps of a selected diagnostic or repair procedure. Advantageously, reference information from multiple sources may be automatically selected for display in the GUI according to a current task that is selected by the user. Accordingly, a technician viewing the GUI does not need to access any other reference information, valuable man hours are spared, and efficiency increases. In one embodiment, the layout and immediate availability of relevant reference information may also increase the learning capabilities of the viewing technician. Thus, the layout of information in the GUI as described herein may facilitate increased employee productivity and increased employee learning.
Owner:MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY LLC

User interface for display of task specific information

A graphical user interface is configured to display information related to diagnosis and / or repair of various objects, such as automobiles. The GUI displays relevant reference information, of any type, next to procedure steps of a selected diagnostic or repair procedure. Advantageously, reference information from multiple sources may be automatically selected for display in the GUI according to a current task that is selected by the user. Accordingly, a technician viewing the GUI does not need to access any other reference information, valuable man hours are spared, and efficiency increases. In one embodiment, the layout and immediate availability of relevant reference information may also increase the learning capabilities of the viewing technician. Thus, the layout of information in the GUI as described herein may facilitate increased employee productivity and increased employee learning.
Owner:MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY LLC

Handle assembly for refrigerator

The present invention relates to a handle assembly for a refrigerator. According to the present invention, there is provided a handle assembly for a refrigerator. The handle assembly comprises a pair of handle holders each of which is formed with a cavity therein and mounted onto a front surface of a door by means of a screw that is fastened to the front surface of the door through the cavity; a handle body which is positioned between the handle holders and which is fastened to the handle holders by means of screws that penetrate the handle holders and are fastened thereto; and a handle cover elastically mounted to front ends of the handle holders and the handle body. According to the present invention, since the handle assembly can be mounted to the front surface of the door at the front of the door, the man-hour needed for the assembling works and the production costs can be reduced. Further, the external appearance of the handle assembly and the door can be made more elegant and the handle assembly can also be easily assembled to the door.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Noise checking method and apparatus

In order to achieve augmentation of the accuracy in calculation of noise and augmentation of the accuracy in a noise check which is performed, for example, when an electronic circuit is designed and further realize significant reduction of the time required for a noise check and augmentation of the operation efficiency by reduction of the man-hours of a designer in a noise analysis, a noise checking apparatus includes a model production section (3) for producing a simulation model of a circuit portion relating to a noticed wiring line, a simulation section (4) for performing a simulation using the simulation model to calculate a signal waveform which propagates in the noticed wiring line and calculate a noise waveform superposed on the signal waveform for each kind of noise, a noise waveform synthesis section (5) for synthesizing the signal waveform and the noise waveforms with generation timings of the noise waveforms taken into consideration to obtain a noise composite waveform, and a noise checking section (6) for performing noise checking based on the noise composite waveform.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD

Semiconductor device and layout design method therefor

A layout design method for a semiconductor device includes a step of arranging transistors, a dummy gate forming step of forming dummy gates, which has a shape identical with a shape including gate electrodes or the gate electrodes and projected parts from active regions of the gate electrodes, in positions in parallel with and a fixed distance apart from the gate electrodes arranged at both ends in a gate length direction on active regions of the transistors and, when the transistors have plural gate electrodes with different gate widths, extending the projected parts to the outside of the active regions by a necessary length, a gate connecting step of, when gate patterns and contact regions are connected to the gate electrodes of the transistors, connecting the gate electrodes and the dummy gates according to a positional relation between the gate electrodes and the dummy gates, and a wiring step of wiring a metal layer. It is possible to design a semiconductor device having a smaller area than that in the past and with a less design man-hour.
Owner:SOCIONEXT INC

Organic thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device having the organic thin film transistor

There have been problems in that a dedicated apparatus is needed for a conventional method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor and in that: a little amount of an organic semiconductor film is formed with respect to a usage amount of a material; and most of the used material is discarded. Further, apparatus maintenance such as cleaning of the inside of an apparatus cup or chamber has needed to be frequently carried out in order to remove the contamination resulting from the material that is wastefully discarded. Therefore, a great cost for materials and man-hours for maintenance of apparatus have been required. In the present invention, a uniform organic semiconductor film is formed by forming an aperture between a first substrate for forming the organic semiconductor film and a second substrate used for injection with an insulating film formed at a specific spot and by injecting an organic semiconductor film material into the aperture due to capillarity to the aperture. The insulating film formed at the specific spot enables formation of the organic semiconductor film with high controllability. Further, the insulating film can also serve as a spacer that holds the aperture, that is, an interval (gap) between the substrates.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD

Database driven relational object modeling and design system, method and software

The systems, methods, and software of the present invention relate to a database drive relational object modeling and design platform, which addresses the need for a system that allows the design and modification of complex three dimensional objects while doing so in a manner that reduces the requirements for computing power, user training, and man-hours input for design completion. In preferred embodiments, the systems, methods, and software of the present invention provide for a complete end-to-end package that can be used from design initiation to final production, fabrication, and assembly of the designed object.
Owner:SHIPCONSTR SOFTWARE INC

Method, system and computer program for managing test processes based on customized UML diagrams

A method for facilitating the management of a test process is proposed. For this purpose, the different test scenarios included in the process and their execution dependencies are represented by means of a customized UML activity diagram (300a). An execution weight is also associated with each test scenario (for example, defined by the man-hours required for its execution). In this way, it is possible to identify critical test scenarios (315g), which may impair the execution of the whole test process when they fail (because many other test scenarios depend on their successful completion). The order of execution of the test scenarios is then arranged into a test plan, so as to minimize the time required to reach the critical test scenarios. Preferably, the same process is repeated whenever any runtime condition changes (such when a test scenario fails).
Owner:IBM CORP

Engine balance shafts supporting structure

A casing accommodating therein a pair of balance shafts below the cylinder block comprises an upper casing and a lower casing that can vertically be split, and an oil pump body is molded integrally with one of the upper and lower casings. In addition, one end of each of the two casings is inserted into the oil pump body for support therein, and the two balance shafts are each supported on a bearing provided between the two casings in such a manner as to be split into two halves at an intermediate portion or the other end thereof. With this construction, the oil pump body can be molded together with the casing, thereby making it possible to reduce the number of components used and man hours for assembling. In addition, since the bearings can be split into two halves, when compared with other portions of the balance shafts, the journal portion can be thinned, thereby making it possible not only to reduce the sliding friction but also to make the casing smaller in size and lighter in weight. More over, the degree of freedom of designing balance shafts can also be improved. With the balance shaft supporting structure for an engine the durability of a balancer, as well as the degree of freedom of designing the same are improvided without making the engine larger in size and increasing the number of components used.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

Multi-blower

The backpack Multi-Blower provides for the first time an apparatus that is unique in that one person manipulates two separate air discharge tubes in either different or unified positions simultaneously at debris. This multi-blower generates air from separate chambers inside the housing having their own discharge air outlet, thereby creating more combined volume as well as the ability to diversify how the air is directed, they're by blowing with greater ease, control, efficiency and effectiveness. Man-hours reduced significantly in that one person using the multi-blower removes the need for a second man to accompany with separate single port blower. Time saved in that one person coordinates two blower tubes, verses the old way of two people trying to think together in a fluid flow of movement as to effectively moving the debris together. These few listed benefits provide a blower apparatus that has improved drastically its function and use, which will save time, money and man-hours.
Owner:TWINDSTORM

Computer language translation system and method of converting procedural computer language software to object-oriented computer language software

ActiveUS7240338B1Reduce system development timeLow costProgram controlMemory systemsMan-hourTest suite
Common data structures associated with procedurally-oriented software, such as Fortran COMMON blocks, are translated into object-oriented (OO) classes. Procedurally-oriented software modules are reduced in complexity by extracting an appropriate number of sub-modules from the original source code so that the original module and each extracted module is below a predetermined complexity level, if possible. The original module and extracted modules are assigned to an object-oriented class based upon a measure of each modules' association to the respective class' data members, where the assigned modules are then translated into object-oriented methods. This approach greatly reduces overall system development time and costs by automatically generating maintainable object-oriented code based upon translated procedurally-oriented source code. Man-hours are further saved by automatically documenting the newly generated object-oriented classes and by automatically generating test suite files for use in verifying and troubleshooting the automatically generated object-oriented classes.
Owner:PERATON INC

Engine output calculation method and engine output calculation apparatus

The invention minimizes the man-hours required to develop a map that estimates the torque of an internal combustion engine. The method according to the invention includes making a torque estimation model that defines the relation between indicated torque and characteristic values that represent the flow of gas and the combustion state in an internal combustion engine; determining the value of a parameter that relates to a heat-generation rate (dQ / dθ), which is the rate of change in a heating value Q in a cylinder with respect to the crank angle θ, based on an operating condition of the engine; calculating the heat-generation rate under the desired operating condition; estimating the indicated torque of the internal combustion engine with the torque estimation model, using the heat-generation rate. The method according to the invention results in more accurate control over the operating state of an internal combustion engine.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Handle assembly for refrigerator

The present invention relates to a handle assembly for a refrigerator. According to the present invention, there is provided a handle assembly for a refrigerator. The handle assembly comprises a pair of handle holders each of which is formed with a cavity therein and mounted onto a front surface of a door by means of a screw that is fastened to the front surface of the door through the cavity; a handle body which is positioned between the handle holders and which is fastened to the handle holders by means of screws that penetrate the handle holders and are fastened thereto; and a handle cover elastically mounted to front ends of the handle holders and the handle body. According to the present invention, since the handle assembly can be mounted to the front surface of the door at the front of the door, the man-hour needed for the assembling works and the production costs can be reduced. Further, the external appearance of the handle assembly and the door can be made more elegant and the handle assembly can also be easily assembled to the door.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Electronic apparatus

A liquid cooling jacket and a system for use in an electronic apparatus, preferable in the cooling capacity or performance, with less in man-hour and manufacturing costs in need of process thereof, and applicable into a narrow space, wherein a plural number of lamination plates, each being formed through the punching process, are piled up in the width direction thereof, for each piece thereof, and are bonded with each other. A cooling liquid flows in a flow passage defined between the laminating plates, and the laminating plates themselves function as a cooling fin.
Owner:MAXELL HLDG LTD

Single-side welding and double-side forming welding method for ceramic gasket

The invention discloses a single-side welding and double-side forming welding method for a ceramic gasket, and belongs to the welding field of material processing engineering. The method comprises the following steps of (1) treatment of grooves of abutted plates; (2) installation of the plates, and spot-welding fixing; (3) adding of the ceramic gasket; (4) baking for dehumidifying; (5) groove welding. The method does not need to carry out the operation that the welds of the back side are subjected to cleaning and welding operations after the structure is turned over, after the welds of the front side are welded, the double-side forming effect is directly realized, and the required matching of hoisting equipment and the required man-hours during turnover of the structure are reduced. The number of welds is reduced, and the operation of overhead welding positions is avoided. Therefore, the labor strength of workers is reduced, the welding difficulty is reduced, the production efficiency is greatly improved, and the production cost is reduced.
Owner:中船桂江造船有限公司

Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle

A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is simple to assemble and disassemble which reduces the man-hour in manufacturing and its manufacturing cost. The bearing apparatus has an inner member (1) including a wheel hub (2) integrally formed with a wheel mounting flange (5) at one end. Axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b) axially extend from the wheel mounting flange (5). Inner rings (3) and (4) are fitted on the axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b). An outer member (10) is fitted in a knuckle N which forms a part of a suspension apparatus. Double row rolling elements (6) and (6) are arranged between the inner and outer members (1) and (10). The wheel hub wheel, (2) is rotatably supported by the knuckle N. Annular stop ring grooves (11) and (12) are formed, respectively, on the outer circumferential surface of the outer member (10) and the inner circumferential surface of the knuckle N. A stop ring (13), with a predetermined shearing strength of 20˜200 MPa, is fitted in the stop ring grooves (11) and (12).
Owner:NTN CORP

Intelligent scheduling system

ActiveCN103325024AImprove scheduling efficiencyScheduling results are scientific and reasonableResourcesMan-hourComputer module
The invention provides an intelligent scheduling system. The intelligent scheduling system comprises a personal information storage module, a station information storage module, a remaining / off-duty management module, a history data storage module, a business prediction module, a man-time / man-hour prediction module, an initial scheduling list generation module and a final scheduling list generation module. The intelligent scheduling system provided by the invention has the advantages that the scheduling efficiency is high, and a scheduling result is scientific and reasonable; specifically, the competitive persons are arranged in an optimal time stage through person man-hour prediction and scheduling, the utilization ratio of the existing persons is improved, and the high-class service is realized with the reasonable cost; future man-hour prediction is realized through analyzing the history data, rotating shift is reasonably arranged, the utilization ratio of the persons is improved, and the labor cost is reduced.
Owner:BEIJING YINGHEZHOU NEW MEDIA TECHN SERVICE

Shift manipulating device for an automatic transmission

A shift manipulating device for an automatic transmission includes a shift lever of an automatic transmission device and a path formed on an upper cover of a control switch device. The path includes manipulating positions arranged in at least P range, R range, N range and D range in this order, and on three lines, that is, second line, third line and fourth line in right and left directions. The P range is arranged in a first path on the second line and at an end of the path, the R range is arranged in a second path on the fourth line of the first path, the N range is in a third path on the second line of the second path, and the D range is in a fourth path on the second line.Thus the number of parts and man-hour for assembling are reduced.
Owner:NILES PARTS CO LTD

On board refueling vapor recovery system and fuel vapor passage using for the same

An on board refueling vapor recovery system includes a first fuel vapor passage for connecting a fuel tank with a canister, a second fuel vapor passage for connecting an inlet portion of a fuel filler pipe with the fuel vapor passage (a tank main body) and a check valve in the second fuel vapor passage. The check valve is integrated with a first quick connector of a resin hose (a resin tube) which constitutes the second fuel vapor passage. Therefore, the number of man hours required for assembling the on board refueling vapor recovery system can be reduced. In addition, the space required for installing any of the on board refueling vapor recovery system can also be reduced. Furthermore, the amount of released fuel evaporative emissions or fuel evaporative emissions can be reduced.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

Self-renewing air filter

The replacement of filters for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is often time-consuming and labor-intensive. Organizations having responsibility for many apartment or dormitory units can spend a significant fraction of their man-hours replacing such filters. A novel approach to reducing the labor for this task is to attach one end of sheet-type filtering material to a dispensing roll, and the other end to a gathering roll; both rolls being affixed to a frame. The assembly is installed into an air duct and the filtering material allowed to blouse, somewhat. The flow of air is intermittent in typical HVAC systems, so when the air begins to flow, the filtering material is forced, due to its resistance to flow, in the direction of the flow. This energy—a force applied through a distance—is utilized by a lever arm bracket to advance the gathering roll. In this fashion, new material leaves the dispensing roll and is exposed to the air, while the dirty filter sheet accumulates on the gathering roll. The process is self-regulating because dirty filter material will present a greater resistance to flow and will, therefore, travel through a greater distance, advancing the gathering roll more.
Owner:MLS INNOVATIONS

Production management device, method and system

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production management device capable of reducing man-hour required from discovery of a task to factor analysis in a production system. ŽSOLUTION: A graph display part 16 totals information indicating processing statuses regarding the respective work IDs and performs control for displaying processing status analysis information based on at least one parameter on a display device 2B as an analysis result of processing statuses. When an improvement object specification part 15 accepts input of a parameter value of an event for improvement from a user, a work ID list display part 14 displays a list of applicable work IDs. A work ID / process specification part 13 recognizes a work ID selected by the user from the list of work IDs and a selected process and an image display part 12 displays a pickup image regarding the selected work ID and the process on the display device 2B. Ž
Owner:ORMON CORP

Heat Insulating Container

A heat insulating container enabling a reduction in man-hour and materials in production while sufficiently securing the strength of an external body on its bottom side. The container comprises a bottomed cylindrical container body and the external body formed of a foam resin sheet with thermal shrinkage properties and covering the peripheral wall of the container body to form a space between the peripheral wall and the external body. The external body comprises a tubular part opposed to the peripheral wall of the container body and an annular part extended from the bottom opening edge part, as a base end, in the tubular part. The annular part is characterized in that the tip side thereof is apart from the inner peripheral surface of the tubular part more than the base end part side thereof.
Owner:FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL INC

Seal for pump

A plunger seal (1) for a pump, which is used for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used as a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an urging force is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), the axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) that is on the side opposite the side to be sealed and belongs to a flange (44) for fixation formed on the inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned more on the side (B) opposite the side to be sealed than the axial position (L2) of a head section (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).
Owner:NOK CORP

Structural analysis apparatus, structural analysis method, and structural analysis program

There is provided a structural analysis apparatus capable of automatically setting the boundary between the entire model and detailed model to thereby obtain a highly accurate solution without intervention of an operator and with less man-hour and less calculation time.A structural analysis method comprises: an iso-surface creation step that creates a field iso-surface from an analysis result of a mesh model; a detailed mesh model creation step that uses the field iso-surface created by the iso-surface creation step to create a detailed mesh model of a part of the mesh model; an analysis step that uses the analysis result of the mesh model to perform analysis of the detailed mesh model created by the detailed mesh model creation step; and an analysis evaluation step that evaluates the analysis result of the detailed mesh model based on the analysis result obtained by the analysis step and analysis result of the mesh model.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD

Pearl drilling and threading integrated device

The invention relates to a pearl drilling and threading integrated device which comprises a frame, wherein the frame is provided with a hopper, a charging mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a drilling mechanism and a threading mechanism, wherein the charging mechanism consists of a feeding pipe and a charging assembly; the clamping mechanism is provided with a clamp base which is provided with a feed inlet, a clamping station and a discharge opening; the clamping station comprises a positioning nest, a baffle hood, a baffle hood lifting mechanism, a compressing head and a compressing air cylinder; the drilling mechanism comprises a drilling motor, a drill and a feeding air cylinder; the threading mechanism comprises a first threading mechanical arm, a second threading mechanical arm, a transmission mechanism, a power piece and a needle; the threading mechanism has a threading man-hour and a needle return man-hour, the first and second threading mechanical arms in the two man-hours are close firstly and then are kept away from and the two threading mechanical arms alternately clamp the needle; the first threading mechanical arm in the threading man-hour feeds the needle to the second threading mechanical arm; and the second threading mechanical arm in the needle return man-hour feeds the needle to the first threading mechanical arm. The pearl drilling and threading integrated device provided by the invention has the advantages of automatically drilling and threading pearls.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV

Generating device of processing robot program

A processing robot program generating device used in a robot system having a vision sensor, capable of accommodating an error in the shape of a workpiece and reducing man-hours required for a teaching operation. Image detection models are generated in a graphic image of a workpiece viewed from a virtual camera. A processing program including data of teaching points for processing segments of a processing line of the workpiece is generated. A detection program for actually imaging the workpiece is generated, and the position and orientation of each segment corresponding to each detection model generated are detected. A command line, for calculating an amount of change between the detection model and the actually captured image of the workpiece, is added to the processing program. Then, a correction program is inserted into the processing program, the correction program being capable of correcting the teaching point for processing each segment.
Owner:FANUC LTD

Method of manufacturing panel switch and panel switch

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a panel switch with reduced man hour, improved operability and lowered cost. The panel switch and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The panel switch includes insulating films and a base layer having a stationary contact. Each insulating film includes an adhesive layer, and an apex portion of a moving contact adhered to the adhesive layer. The insulating films are aligned and adhered on top of each other and the adhered insulating films are aligned and adhered to the base layer such that the locations of the moving contacts of the respective insulating films align with the stationary contact of the base layer. The method includes applying an adhesive layer to an insulating film; adhering a moving contact onto the adhesive layer; aligning the moving contact with a stationary contact of a base member and adhering the insulating film to the base member; and cutting and removing an excess portion from the insulating film with a laser.
Owner:MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO LTD
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